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. 2012 Jul 27;12:562. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-562

Table 1.

Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics by IQ stat

Variable N low IQ N (%) High IQ N (%) POR(95%CI) P- value
Gender
 
 
 
 
 
Male
276
55 (19.9)
221 (80.1)
0.75 (0.49-1.13)
0.17
Female
253
63 (24.9)
190 (75.1)
 
 
Mother’s education
 
 
 
 
 
Low education
92
26 (28.3)
66 (71.7)
1.41 (0.89-2.46)
0.12
High education
433
91 (21.0)
342 (79.0)
 
 
Father’s education
 
 
 
 
 
Low education
62
14 (22.6)
48 (77.4)
1.17 (0.61-2.22)
0.62
High education
427
85 (19.9)
342 (80.1)
 
 
Living environment status
 
 
 
 
 
Bad
102
52 (51.0)
50 (49.0)
5.66 (3.56-9.08)
<0.01a
Acceptable
427
66 (15.5)
361 (84.5)
 
 
Family income
 
 
 
 
 
Low income
267
74 (27.7)
193 (72.3)
1.90 (1.24-2.89)
0.003 a
High income 262 44 (16.8) 218 (83.2)    

a Pearson chi-squared, significant at p < 0.05.

POR: prevalence odds ratio.

Low education is illiterate or primary school education, high education is secondary or university education.